International Rubber Conference Organisation

The International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO) is an association of rubber societies around the world which plans the calendar for the main international rubber conferences. By careful selection of conference proposals and monitoring of events, the IRCO ensures that all conferences run by its member societies meet the very demanding requirements dictated by the IRCO and thus provide delegates with first-class conferences. The International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO)comprises of eighteen member countries worldwide with its Secretariat at the Institute of Materials, London, U.K. The current members of IRCO are Australia, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, U.K. and USA. The IRCO organizes a conference every year in different member countries.

As shown below, a main IRCO conference held annually. In 2009 the IRCO Committee decided to re-introduce the RubberCon series, starting in 2011. This series provides for smaller, more specialised events, but still adhering to the high IRCO standards. IRC and RubberCon are being held alternately in Northern and Southern hemisphere every year.